Boechera subpinnatifida |
Boechera pendulocarpa |
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ashy rockcress |
dropseed rockcress |
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Habit | Plants long-lived perennial; with woody caudices. | Plants short- to long-lived perennial; with mostly non-woody caudices. |
Stems | 1–4(5) dm; lower parts with short-stalked, 2–6-rayed trichomes; upper parts sparsely pubescent. |
0.6–3 dm; lower parts with abundant simple and stalked, 2–4-rayed trichomes; upper parts glabrous or sparsely pubescent. |
Basal leaves | narrowly oblanceolate, 1–4(5) mm wide; margins prominently dentate to subpinnatifid; entire on those of sterile shoots; surfaces densely pubescent with short-stalked; (2)4–9-rayed trichomes, ciliate near petiole bases with simple or 2-rayed trichomes. |
narrowly oblanceolate, 1.5–4(5) mm wide; margins entire; surfaces densely pubescent with short-stalked, 4–8-rayed trichomes, often ciliate on petioles with simple trichomes. |
Cauline leaves | (10)20–60, often concealing stem throughout, bases uppermost auriculate and sparsely to moderately pubescent. |
6–17, occasionally concealing stem proximally, bases not auriculate; uppermost glabrous or sparsely pubescent. |
Inflorescences | 8–30-flowered, fruiting pedicels reflexed, strongly recurved, 5–15 mm, with appressed, branched trichomes. |
4–11-flowered, fruiting pedicels arched, 3–8(12) mm, recurved at bases, glabrous or with few appressed, branched trichomes. |
Flowers | sexual, divaricate-ascending to pendent at anthesis; sepals glabrous; petals 9–14 × 1.5–3 mm, purple or rarely lavender; pollen ellipsoid; ovules 24–42 per ovary; styles 0.5–1 mm. |
sexual, ascending at anthesis; sepals pubescent; petals 4–6 × 1–1.5 mm, white or lavender; pollen ellipsoid; ovules 66–92 per ovary; styles 0.3–0.5 mm. |
Fruits | pendent, not appressed to rachis, not secund; straight to slightly curved; (3.5)5–8 cm × 2–3 mm; margins parallel, pubescent. |
pendent, not appressed to rachis, not secund, usually straight; (2)2.5–3.8 cm × 1.5–2.2 mm; margins parallel, glabrous. |
Seeds | uniseriate, 2.5–3.5 × 1.5–2.2 mm; wings continuous or at both ends, 0.4–0.8 mm wide. |
subbiseriate, 1–1.2 × 0.7–0.9 mm; wings distal, 0.05–0.1 mm wide. |
2n | =14. |
=14. |
Boechera subpinnatifida |
Boechera pendulocarpa |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Talus, rock outcrops, gravelly soil, sagebrush-grassland communities. Flowering Mar–Jun. 100–1800 m. Lava, Sisk. CA, ID, NV; southeast to UT. Native. |
Rock outcrops, gravelly slopes in sagebrush, open conifer forests, subalpine meadows. Flowering Apr–Aug. 1300–2400 m. BR, BW. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to Yukon, northeast to MT, east to WY, southeast to UT. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 457 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 454 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Arabis subpinnatifida | Arabis holboellii, Arabis holboellii var. pendulocarpa |
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